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It will probably be like the others and you can train to become Jedi.

Jedi and Sith are perfectly viable in the KOTOR universe.  They do not belong in SWG, but in KOTOR there is no problem.

This is based off the KOTOR game, we can almost be 100% sure of it and if you don't think there will be or should be jedi, you haven't been playing any star warsy game sense they were made. Everyone (well at least 98%) of the population that plays any starwars game want's to be a jedi or sith. Why? Because that is really what starwars to many folks is all about. I see your points, but it will never happen, it did in swg and you see the aftermath of introducing the jedi, no one was playing the game, they were grinding for jedi. Nuff said.

Edit: I should note that the timeline is perfect for jedi/sith, there were a ton of them, so it's pretty much 100% they are in.

Unfortunately for you, Jedi - Sith is almost certainly going to be a starting profession in the New MMO given the historical timeframe.

I can see a starting character as a padawan, moving on to become a Sentinel, Guardian or consular before moving on to advanced level as in Kotor 2. I hope that the manage the light side/dark side to the point where Jedi / Sith Players have to think about the ramifications of their actions.

I also don't think they will be godly compared with other classes.  The Hutts, Mandalorians, Merc. Sith Trooper and Republic troopers are all practiced at fighting Jedi and Sith at this time. This will allow the Dev's to balance the game.

This thread is waste of time.  Let me say this, whose IP is it and who is involved with the development of the game?

Yep, Lucas Arts.  And who complained to SOE that it was too hard to be a Jedi in SWG?  Yep, Lucas Arts.  So you can bet your bottom dollar that Jedi will be quite common in Kotor most probably as a starting profession.

Originally posted by Elvith

Unfortunately for you, Jedi - Sith is almost certainly going to be a starting profession in the New MMO given the historical timeframe.

I can see a starting character as a padawan, moving on to become a Sentinel, Guardian or consular before moving on to advanced level as in Kotor 2. I hope that the manage the light side/dark side to the point where Jedi / Sith Players have to think about the ramifications of their actions.

I also don't think they will be godly compared with other classes.  The Hutts, Mandalorians, Merc. Sith Trooper and Republic troopers are all practiced at fighting Jedi and Sith at this time. This will allow the Dev's to balance the game.

in kotr 1- You do not start out as a Jedi. You pick your base Class then later train to become jedi. And yes, jedi should be godly compared to other classes if done right. In kotr, you are like getting jumped by hordes of mandalorians (never 1v1) and hordes of other 'normal' classes (at least so far havent beaten it yet)

So everyone at some point should become a Jedi. So you have your Jedi class and the base class just like KOTR

 But to be clear- they can start me out as a Padawan if they want. I dont care as long as I can become a Jedi.

I certainly hope that this is the way they plan on doing it. I agree that to start you off with the option of Jedi or Sith would be a huge missed opportunity...

I think it goes with out saying that a game set in the Old Republic will include both Jedi and Sith right away. There is no lore-based justification for grinding a character to becoming a Jedi - it makes absolutely no sense in terms of the univerise, especially in the sense of how Jedi originate. The challenge, I think, is not to make playing a Jedi difficult to attain, but rather to make the other professions just as interesting and compelling to play....

Originally posted by Manveru

I think it goes with out saying that a game set in the Old Republic will include both Jedi and Sith right away. There is no lore-based justification for grinding a character to becoming a Jedi - it makes absolutely no sense in terms of the univerise, especially in the sense of how Jedi originate. The challenge, I think, is not to make playing a Jedi difficult to attain, but rather to make the other professions just as interesting and compelling to play....

Did you play KOTR???

and forget starting out as light / dark. You start out as neutral (alignment) like most all bioware titles. Roleplay should be making decisions dynamically not clicking on a little button and say "hey I want to be Evil sith ftw!".